3i6 Fornander Collection of Haivaiiaii Folk-lore. 



Then Hauna again spoke to Lonoikamakahiki : "Here is another chief, and also 

 a younger brother (cousin) of your father's. He also resided with us, and learning how 

 few we were, left us and fought on the side of the rebels expecting that we would be 

 vanquished, and at our battle ou Puunianeo we killed him and stripped his bones and 

 put them away in the gourd." 



Lonoikamakahiki, having heard of these facts, took the bones of the chief of 

 Hamakua, which were plaited with feathers similar to those of the chief of Kohala, and 

 held them in his hands and, before throwing them before Kakuhihewa, began to chant: 



You have one, jump in; 



You have two, jump in. 



They go here and there, 



The men in the rain. 



The plovers about. 



Listen to the raindrops of Hilo. 



Canst thou dare 



Eat in company? 



Here are some more ! ' 



Placing the calabash before Kakuhihewa he asked Lanahuimihaku : "Who is 

 this?" They answered: "This is Pumaia, the child of Wanua who was the chief of 

 Hamakua, also a younger brother (cousin)^ of Keawenuiaumi. He lived with us, and 

 having learnt that we were few in number, deserted, and at our battle at Puunianeo he 

 was slain by Keawenuiaumi. We secured his bones, put them away in a gourd, and 

 these are the bones." 



Hauna drew out the bones of another chief from the calabash and said to Lono- 

 ikamakahiki: "Here is another uncle (father) of yours, Hilohamakua, the chief of 

 Hilo, child of Kulukulua, a younger brother (cousin) of your father. He also lived 

 with us, and because there were so few of us left and joined the rebels on the other side, 

 and at the battle fought on Puumaneo your father slew him, stripped his bones and 

 put them in the gourd." Then Lonoikamakahiki reached for it and chanted : 



That is Hilo! That is Hilo! 



That is Hilo of the incessant rains, 



The increasing rains, 



The ceaseless rains of Hilo. 



That is Hamakua of the steep cliffs. 



The ti leaf of Kamae is tramped down, 



Hamakua is indeed withered. 



Here are some more ! 



Placing the bundle in front of Kakuhihewa, he asked Lanahuimihaku and others: 

 "Who is this?" They answered: "It is Hilohamakua, Kulukulua's child, the chief of 

 Hilo, a younger brother (cousin) of Keawenuiaumi. He lived with us, and ascertain- 

 ing how few we were, went away, and at the battle fought on Puumaneo was slain by 

 Keawenuiaumi. His bones were stripped, put away in the container, and this is he." 



' This closing line of these several chants simply indicates it as sectional; a sort of "to be continued." 



"Some confusion prevails in the brother-cousin term of relationship used by the translator, which arises from the 



fact that the word kaikaina applies equally to a younger brother or a cousin. The same difficulty occurs in the term 



maknakane as father or uncle, and makuahine as mother or aunt. 



